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Fact Sheet PricewaterhouseCoopers AG

Core Company Information
Company Name PricewaterhouseCoopers AG
UID CHE-106.839.438
Alternative / previous Names PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd
Domicile Zürich
Canton ZH
Legal Form Limited corporation
Inscription Date 22.06.1998
Website https://www.pwc.ch
Takeovers: Controllexpert AG (ADM-137.181.853), per 24.09.2001
Revisuisse Price Waterhouse AG (ADM-271.016.843), per 25.01.2001
Price Waterhouse AG (ADM-315.960.011), per 25.01.2001
STG-Coopers & Lybrand Consulting AG (ADM-405.109.008), per 19.03.2001
Ofor Révision Bancaire SA (CHE-100.093.893), per 30.04.2012
Willy Bühler & Co Treuhand und Revisions AG (CHE-101.271.602), per 19.07.2005
Trewi Treuhand- und Revisions-AG (CHE-103.390.270), per 19.07.2005
Ofor (CHE-103.852.431), per 22.12.2005
Frei + Kläui Treuhand AG (CHE-107.159.412), per 19.07.2005
FAOA Information
FAOA ID 500003
RAB Permission state-regulated audit firm
FAOA License active (since 28.11.2007)
Link to FAOA website View auditor profile at FAOA
Branch offices (12) PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-251.833.951) in Aarau (AG)   [+]
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-393.441.652) in Basel (BS)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-308.775.052) in Bern (BE)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-421.817.078) in Chur (GR)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-390.062.005) in Genève (GE)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-478.378.975) in Lugano (TI)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-434.873.063) in Luzern (LU)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-346.954.590) in Münchenstein (BL)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-291.782.389) in Neuchâtel (NE)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-497.306.752) in Pully (VD)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-140.989.034) in Sion (VS)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-364.598.872) in St. Gallen (SG)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-289.904.602) in Thun (BE)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-151.657.932) in Winterthur (ZH)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-254.525.813) in Zug (ZG)
Membership in Associations EXPERTsuisse
Number of auditors with permission 303  (17.25 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.8 years (max.: 35.9 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'227 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -11 (since 31.12.2024), -124 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 79 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 10 in the SMI Expanded and 52 in the SPI)

Details regarding the distribution of the audit engagements across legal forms and cantons are depicted in the table below.

  AG AI AR BE BL BS FR GE GL GR JU LU NE NW OW SG SH SO SZ TG TI UR VD VS ZG ZH ∑
Limited corporation 156 3 30 305 126 163 55 359 19 49 37 174 78 17 8 267 42 55 87 76 127 5 262 51 237 940 3'728
Limited liability company 12     16 16 13 5 48 1 7   45 11 1 2 13 17 6 10 7 11   29 2 73 80 425
Foundation 29 2 7 75 27 101 4 104 3 6   42 27 10 3 50 13 5 6 7 15 4 61 5 30 222 858
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1 1   3 2     6 1 2         1     13 47
Association 3   1 9 2 10   15   2   7       5   1 1   2   6     31 95
Branch office of a foreign company                               1                     1
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 4 2 14 2 1   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 9 1 3 14 73
∑ 206 6 38 418 173 295 66 541 26 66 37 274 118 30 14 343 74 69 105 92 156 10 368 59 343 1'300 5'227

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5160 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'227 statutory audits are performed by the branch offices as indicated in the table below.

  AG AI AR BE BL BS FR GE GL GR JU LU NE NW OW SG SH SO SZ TG TI UR VD VS ZG ZH ∑
Aarau 53     3 5 3   1               3   9 1   1   1   2 14 96
Basel 49     28 140 253 4 6 3 3 7 11 14 1 1 5 16 9 7 1 3   2 1 21 58 643
Bern 7     288 10 5 12 1 1 4 2 26 2     6 2 26 3 2     14 4 5 41 461
Chur                 1 13           3             1       18
Genève 3     6 1 1 11 463     1 7 15     2   1 3 2 2   90 5 11 16 640
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   3   131       2   152
Luzern 12     14   1 1 1 1     157 1 22 7 3 2 4 7   1 3 2 2 16 15 272
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 8     21   72               1 1 16   2 5 152
Pully 1     3   4 24 33     1 1 8       1   2   1   221 7 4 12 323
Sion       1     1 1   1                         2 36     42
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 33   4 3     277 5 1 1 59 1   2   7 42 490
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 16     1   5 83 133
Zug 10     1 3 2   1 2     8       4 3 1 9     1     92 10 147
Zürich 67   5 51 13 18 1 22 12 11 5 53 3 7 5 36 32 18 66 12 15 5 16 4 176 1'004 1'657
∑ 206 6 38 418 173 295 66 541 26 66 37 274 118 30 14 343 74 69 105 92 156 10 368 59 343 1'300 5'227

Show client list for Aarau, Basel, Bern, Chur, Genève, Lugano, Luzern, Neuchâtel, Pully, Sion, St. Gallen, Thun, Winterthur, Zug, Zürich.

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'232

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Latest audit engagements
These are this auditor's latest audit engagements.
 
Client Name Client UID Domicile Start Date Type of switch Auditor Branch
ERRES-CI (Suisse) SA CHE-371.103.589 Morges 14.01.2025 First auditor Genève
Stiftung Bahnkultur RhB CHE-314.430.383 Chur 14.01.2025 First auditor Chur
panvica Pensionskasse CHE-109.784.302 Münchenbuchsee 13.01.2025 Auditor switch Bern
VistaJet Group Holding SA CHE-114.501.763 Zug 13.01.2025 Auditor switch Zug
Verdeya SA CHE-374.344.965 Basel 10.01.2025 First auditor Pully
Discontinued audit engagements
The following audit engagements were lost recently, either to a competitor, due to auditor resignation or due to an opting out.
 
Client Name Client UID Domicile End Date Reason Auditor Branch
Bergbahnen Tschiertschen AG CHE-101.888.145 Chur 14.01.2025 Auditor switch Chur
Covidien Swiss Holding GmbH CHE-115.747.491 Neuhausen am Rheinfall 14.01.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Medtronic RCS Holding GmbH CHE-341.298.436 Neuhausen am Rheinfall 14.01.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
S.W.I.F.T. Switzerland GmbH CHE-101.935.833 Zürich 14.01.2025 Opting-out Zürich
Vima Link SA en liquidation CHE-150.285.064 Martigny 14.01.2025 Discontinued Pully